‘I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore.’ The Economic Cost of Houston’s Heat

Re:‘I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore.’ The Economic Cost of H... by AndrewKemendo on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:11PM (#36909042)

Having grown up in Houston it’s really hard to overstate how oppressive it can be in the summer when it’s regularly over 100° and the heat island effect makes it such that any place you go, outside of an air-conditioned space, is absolutely unbearable.

To the extent where when I left home as soon as I could and purposely went to some place that was cold half the year.

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Re:‘I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore.’ The Economic Cost of H... by gottorf on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:44PM (#36909584)

> the heat island effect

I live in a Gulf Coast city as well, but it's much smaller than Houston, and I think this really makes a significant difference. Summers are unpleasant here too, but somehow it's not quite as bad as Houston.

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Re:‘I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore.’ The Economic Cost of H... by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:57PM (#36909803)

Definitely. There are a lot of dirt/gravel roads around here and in summer, when you turn off a paved asphalt road onto a dirt road there is an immediate air temperature drop.

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